Mustache-trainer.



'No. 725,632. PATENTED APR. 14, 1903. J. G. STEPHENS & G. A.OESTBRREIGH. MUSTAGHE TRAINER.

APPLIOATiON FILED JUNE 12 1902.

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JAMES GEORGE STEPHENS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, AND GUSTAV ADOLF OESTERREIOH,OF BERLIN, GERMANY; SAID OESTERREICH ASSIGNOR TO SAID STEPHENS.

MUSTACHE-TRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,632, dated April14, 1903.

Application filed June 12, 1902. Serial No. 111,389. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES GEORGE STE- PHENS, asubject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at London, England, and GUSTAV ADOLFOESTERREIOH, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Berlin,Germany, have invented a certain new or Improved Mustache-Trainer; andwe do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to adevice for training or guiding the ends ofthe mustache so that they assume and maintain certain desired positionsor directions in order to conform to a particular fashion or to aparticular fancy of the wearer.

The said device consists of a comb having hinged to it or otherwisesuitably connected with it a plate or blade adapted to confine and holdthe hair of the mustache between itself and the comb in such manner thatthe said hairs shall have imparted to them a tendency to take andmaintain the required shape.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the device inits opened position ready for application to the left side of themustache. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the" same device closed up as itwould be when applied to the mustache. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thedevice corresponding to Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 shows the device applied toa' mustache so as to train the ends thereof in an upward direction, itbeing understood that the device applied to the right side of themustache is shaped and arranged the exact reverse of Figs. 1, 2, and 3,as shown clearly in Fig. 4.

a represents the comb, and b the plate or blade pivoted or hinged .tothe comb at c and retained in its closed position, as in Fig. 2, by theclip or catch d.

The device is employed in the following manner: The teeth of the comb aare pressed downward quite close to the skin into the mustache, theplate or blade Z) being at that time turned back, as shown in Fig. 1.The hairs of the mustache are then pressed upward or sidewise, as may bedesired, over the comb, and the retaining plate or blade I) is into theposition shown in Fig. 2 outside of the said hairs and is fastened bythe clip or catch 11 of the comb, so as to press the hairs betweenitself and the comb and hold them for a sufficient time to give them abias or tendency to remain in the desired position or shape, afterwhichthe training device is removed by being drawn bodily upward out ofengagement with the mustache.

As above stated, the device is made in two parts, one adapted forapplication to the right side and the other to the left side of themustache. The retaining plate or blade bis preferably hinged or pivotedto the comb a, so as to turn in a plane parallel to the latter, as shownin the drawings; but it may be hinged or jointed to the comb, so as toopen and close at right angles thereto, or the said plate or blade maybe kept separate from the comb when the device is not in use and beapplied and fixed thereto by clips, catches, or other suitable meanswhen the device is being used, or, again, insteadof being quite separatefrom the comb the plate or blade may be attached thereto by a chain orcord, so as to keep the two together when not in use, suitable clips,catches, or other suitable means being provided for holding the twotogether when in use.

The training device may be made of any suitable material, such ascelluloid, tortoiseshell, horn, vulcanite, or metal, for example; but Iprefer to make the retaining plate or blade of more or less transparentmaterial to enable the correct position of the hair of the mustache tobe verified through it when the device is in place.

We claim-- A mustache-training device which consists of a comb havingdownwardly-directed teeth,

a retaining plate or blade made deeper at the end where the point of themustache is to be supported than at the other end, and means for holdingthe two together, the whole adapted and arranged so as to confine andhold the hair of the mustache between the comb and retaining-plate,substantially as described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES GEORGE STEPHENS. GUSTAV ADOLF OESTERREICH. Witnesses:

HENRY HASPER, WOLDEMAR I-IAUPT.

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